Abstract
An alternative for the control of weedy rice (Oryza sativa) and barnyardgrass (Echinochioa spp.) resistant to imidazolinone herbicides are acetyl coenzyme-A carboxylase inhibitors (ACCase) herbicides used in cultivar tolerant to these compounds. The objective was to evaluate the interaction of propaquizafop in tank mix with herbicides used in rice tolerant to ACCase inhibitors to control weedy rice and barnyardgrass. Two experiments were conducted, in the 2022/2023 season, in Dom Pedrito and Formigueiro. The hybrid XP739MA (MaxAce® technology) was used at both locations. The treatments were arranged in a 3x8+1 factorial design with factor A being rates of propaquizafop (0, 125 and 180 g ha-1), and factor B tested herbicides carfentrazone, propanil, quinclorac, penoxsulam, florpyrauxifen-benzyl, bentazon, saflufenacil, and untreated control. The additional treatment was two applications of propaquizafop (125 g ha-1). The analyzed variables were weedy rice and barnyardgrass control, rice injury, yield components and yield. The interactions were mostly additive for weedy rice and barnyardgrass control. The antagonism of the tank mixture of propaquizafop with quinclorac and florpyrauxifenbenzyl for barnyardgrass and with propanil for weedy rice reduced the yield components in Dom Pedrito. The interactions of propaquizafop with propanil were antagonistic and resulted in the lowest yield in Formigueiro. For this tank mix at the highest propaquizafop rate, yield decreased 14.6% more than at the 125 g ha-1 rate. Tank mix of propaquizafop with other herbicides used in tolerant rice with MaxAce® technology can be used, increasing the weed control spectrum.
Keywords
Colby; Tank Mix; Antagonism; Additivity; MaxAce®